Problems in accessing foreign databases

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mamo
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Problems in accessing foreign databases

Postby mamo » Thu May 24, 2018 7:27 am

Dear Eviews team

I use Eviews 10, March 15 2018 build.

I face the following issues when trying to open foreign databases

Eurostat (or ECB) SDMX database: when clicking "Browse" or "Browse Append" an error window entitled "EdxSDMX" with the text "Error: AuthRequir" pops up.

Worldbank database: when clicking "Browse" or "Browse Append" an error window entitled "EdxWorldBank" with the text "Error: server returned unexpected content (server returned unexpected content)" pops up.

FRED database: after having opened and having pressed "Browse" or "Browse append", when trying to select one "All Series Search", "Calendar", "Categories", "Releases", "Sources", a window entitled "EdxFred " with the text "Error: server returned unexpected content" pops up.

Please note that I am behind a proxy server; pressing "Testing Internet Access" from the General Options item "Network proxy server" gives the message: "Connection to registration server succeeded". (Also, I do not have difficulties to install add-ons directly from the Internet.)

Kind regards,

mamo

EViews Katerina
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Re: Problems in accessing foreign databases

Postby EViews Katerina » Thu May 24, 2018 8:41 am

Can you contact us by email (katerina.sadri@ihsmarkit.com) and we can try to identify why you are failing to access the databases.

Thank you
Katerina

mamo
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Re: Problems in accessing foreign databases

Postby mamo » Fri May 25, 2018 12:47 am

Dear EViews team,

the issue has been resolved; I have been informed that I had to choose a different proxy server. Now, Eviews can access all the databases

I would have a suggestion for future editions of Eviews, though. The lists and text fields in the windows guiding the users through the selection of items from a certain database are rather narrow, cannot be adjusted and therefore do not show the full textstrings of relevant data descriptions since the metadata provided by db suppliers are usually quite long. Admittedly, one would usually not access items in a db by going through the various menues in this way. Nevertheless, I would suggest to provide adjustable or wider list and text fields in future editions of Eviews.

Best mamo

EViews Steve
EViews Developer
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Re: Problems in accessing foreign databases

Postby EViews Steve » Tue May 29, 2018 9:22 am

Please provide a screenshot of the dialog(s) you are talking about and we'll take a look.

jfgeli
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Re: Problems in accessing foreign databases

Postby jfgeli » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:05 am

Hi, I am experiencing a similar issue with the WB database (attached is a screenshot). I am also attaching the output of supportinfo command.
Any ideas what can it be?

=======
PRODUCT
=======
Version: EViews 11 64-bit
Build date: Jul 20 2020
Serial Number: 11C08442

=========
LICENSING
=========
Standalone 11C08442: C:\ProgramData\IHS EViews\EViews\11.00.000\license.txt

=====
PATHS
=====
Installation path: C:\Program Files\EViews 11
Default path: \\NETAPP_CIFS_01\FICHEROS\DIVISION_ANALISIS_ECONOMICO\01_SEGUIMIENTO\01_MACRO\EXPOST
INI path: C:\Users\jfgeli\AppData\Roaming\IHS EViews\EViews
DB INI path: C:\Users\jfgeli\AppData\Roaming\IHS EViews\EViews
Help path: C:\Program Files\EViews 11\Help Files

===========
ENVIRONMENT
===========
OS: Windows 10 x64
Cores in use: 8

==========
COMPONENTS
==========
EViews 32-bit Layer: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViews32Com.exe
32-bit Proxy: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViews32ComPS.dll
64-bit Proxy: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViews32ComPS64.dll
COM Automation & OLE (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViews11_x64.exe
EViews 1.0 Type Library: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsMgr7.tlb
EViews 8.0 Type Library: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsMgr8.tlb
EViews 9.0 Type Library: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsMgr9.tlb
EViews 10.0 Type Library: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsMgr10.tlb
EViews 11.0 Type Library: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsMgr.dll
COM Automation & OLE (32-bit): Not Registered |
EViews 1.0 Type Library: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsMgr7.tlb
EViews 8.0 Type Library: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsMgr8.tlb
EViews 9.0 Type Library: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsMgr9.tlb
EViews 10.0 Type Library: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsMgr10.tlb
EViews 11.0 Type Library: Not Registered |
Database Extension Interface (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\ev_dbase.dll
Database Extension Interface (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\x86\ev_dbase.dll
Database Extension Interface (.NET): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsEdxNet64.tlb
IHS Magellan Database (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\EdxMagellan.DLL
IHS Magellan Database (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\EdxMagellan.DLL
IHS Global Insight Database (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\IHS.DataInsight.Database.Edx.DLL
IHS Global Insight Database (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\IHS.DataInsight.Database.Edx.DLL
Bloomberg Database (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\Bloomberg\EdxBloomberg.DLL
Bloomberg Database (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\Bloomberg\EdxBloomberg.DLL
EIA Online Database (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\EIA\EdxEia.DLL
EIA Online Database (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\EIA\EdxEia.DLL
EIA Bulk File (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\EIA\EdxEia.DLL
EIA Bulk File (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\EIA\EdxEia.DLL
FRED Database (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\Fred\EdxFred.DLL
FRED Database (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\Fred\EdxFred.DLL
WorldBank Database (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\WorldBank\EdxWorldBank.DLL
WorldBank Database (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\WorldBank\EdxWorldBank.DLL
SDMX_ML Files (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\SDMX\EdxSDMX.DLL
SDMX_ML Files (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\SDMX\EdxSDMX.DLL
Eurostat SDMX Database (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\SDMX\EdxSDMX.DLL
Eurostat SDMX Database (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\SDMX\EdxSDMX.DLL
ECB SDMX Database (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\SDMX\EdxSDMX.DLL
ECB SDMX Database (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\SDMX\EdxSDMX.DLL
UN SDMX Database (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\SDMX\EdxSDMX.DLL
UN SDMX Database (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\SDMX\EdxSDMX.DLL
IMF SDMX Database (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\SDMX\EdxSDMX.DLL
IMF SDMX Database (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\SDMX\EdxSDMX.DLL
Bureau Of Labor Statistics (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\BLS\EdxBLS.DLL
Bureau Of Labor Statistics (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\BLS\EdxBLS.DLL
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\NOAA\EdxNOAA.DLL
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\NOAA\EdxNOAA.DLL
Bureau of Economic Analysis (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\BEA\EdxBEA.DLL
Bureau of Economic Analysis (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\BEA\EdxBEA.DLL
US Census (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\CENSUS\EdxCensus.DLL
US Census (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EDX_45\CENSUS\EdxCensus.DLL
EViews R Connector Interface (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\x86\EViewsRConn.exe
EViews R Connector Interface (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsRConn.exe
EViews Python 2 Connector Interface (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\x86\EViewsPy2Conn.exe
EViews Python 2 Connector Interface (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsPy2Conn.exe
EViews Python 3 Connector Interface (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\x86\EViewsPy3Conn.exe
EViews Python 3 Connector Interface (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsPy3Conn.exe
OLEDB Provider (64-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\EViewsOleDbProvider.dll
OLEDB Provider (32-bit): Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\x86\EViewsOleDbProvider.dll
Excel 2010 Add In: Registered | C:\Program Files\EViews 11\Excel2010AddIn\EViews_Excel2010_40_AddIn.vsto
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EViews Katerina
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Re: Problems in accessing foreign databases

Postby EViews Katerina » Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:31 pm

We will have a fix on next patch of EViews. As of June 19 2020 Worldbank released version 2 of their API and discontinued version 1 (used by EViews). We will make the updates and release a fix.

jfgeli
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Re: Problems in accessing foreign databases

Postby jfgeli » Sat Aug 01, 2020 1:38 am

Fantastic ;). Thank you!!!

EViews Katerina
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Re: Problems in accessing foreign databases

Postby EViews Katerina » Tue Aug 04, 2020 3:22 pm

EViews 11 Patch (August 4 2020 build) has a fix for WorldBank database.


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